Steve Fleetwood Steve.Fleetwood@uwe.ac.uk
Re-visiting rules and norms
Fleetwood, Steve
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Abstract
Rules (i.e. formal rules) are injunctions, constituted by social phenomena. They are learned, mutually understood, located in artefacts and govern agents’ actions. When rules are broken, formal sanctions occur. They are cognised and followed consciously. When rules are followed directly, they govern agents’ actions. Rules always exist separately from the agents in a rule-circle. Whilst the term unofficial or informal rules is widely used, I consider this to be a mistake: informal rules are not real, the term reifies them. Norms are injunctions are constituted by socio-cognitive phenomena. They are learned, mutually understood and located as memories of past actions, in agents’ cognitive systems. They govern agents’ actions. Norms are cognised and followed with varying degrees of (un)consciousness. They are always internal to agents, located in their cognitive systems.
Citation
Fleetwood, S. (2021). Re-visiting rules and norms. Review of Social Economy, 79(4), 607-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1623909
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 15, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 17, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 24, 2021 |
Journal | Review of Social Economy |
Print ISSN | 0034-6764 |
Electronic ISSN | 1470-1162 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 79 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 607-635 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1623909 |
Keywords | Habit; psychology; cognition; representation |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7833641 |
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